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YORKSHIRE. EAST RIDING. 



the bones of a second body, an adult, probably a woman, which had 

 been very imperfectly burnt. They were laid in a round heap 

 18 in. in diameter, on the level of the natural surface, and were 

 carefully covered over with chalk and flint stones. Amongst the 

 human bones was the radius of a domestic pig-, also burnt. Imme- 

 diately east of this pile of burnt bones was the body of a child, of 



Fig. 101. |. 



less than six years old, laid on the left side, the head to N.N.E., 

 the right hand upon the knees, the left under the face. Below 

 these bodies there was another, that of a young man, about 25 years 

 of age, which was laid on the left side, the head to E., and the 

 hands up to the face. Behind the head was a ' drinking cup/ and 

 below the cup a flint knife. The vessel [fig. 101] is 6f in. high, 

 5 in. wide at the mouth, and 2| in. at the bottom. The pattern 

 upon it, which will best be understood from the engraving, is made 

 on the upper part by impressions of a notched strip of bone or 

 wood, and on the lower part by markings apparently the result of 



